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"It has been a decade since piracy and the arrival of iTunes – which
destroyed the notion of an album in favour of single, downloadable
tracks – but the music business has found nothing to repair lost CD
sales." (Dan Sabbagh, October 2011)

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"The death knell is sounding for the album, and the industry is quickening its demise by fighting innovation." (Natalie Hanman, July 2005)

Or...

10

"The working cycle of a band is still based around making albums and then
touring them, and while artists are still grouping songs together for
release, whatever the format... Whether you're listening on a
smartphone or gramophone the "long player" is here to stay." (Guardian music blog, February 2013)